{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pet-animals-act-1951/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pet-animals-act-1951/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/14-15/35",
  "legislation_title": "Pet Animals Act 1951",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pet-animals-act-1951",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Power of local authority to prosecute.",
  "text": "(1) A local authority in England or Wales may prosecute proceedings for any offence under this Act committed in the area of the authority.\n(2) A local authority in England may prosecute proceedings for an offence under section 2 committed in the area of the authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6 renumbered as s. 6(1) (E.W.) (1.10.2018) by The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/486), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 9 para. 2(5)(a) (with reg. 27)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) omitted (E.W.) (1.10.2018) by virtue of The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/486), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 9 para. 2(5)(a) (with reg. 27)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6(2) inserted (E.W.) (1.10.2018) by The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/486), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 9 para. 2(5)(b) (with reg. 27)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/14-15/35/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:20.907750+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}